American screenwriter
David Seltzer
Born (1940-02-12 ) February 12, 1940 (age 84) Occupations Screenwriter producer director Years active 1966-present
David Seltzer (born February 12, 1940) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for The Omen (1976)[1] and Bird on a Wire (1990). As writer-director, Seltzer's credits include the 1986 teen tragi-comedy Lucas starring Corey Haim , Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder ,[2] the 1988 comedy Punchline starring Sally Field and Tom Hanks , and 1992's Shining Through starring Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas .
Early life
David Seltzer was born to a Jewish family in Highland Park, Illinois in 1940.[3]
Career
He was uncredited for his contributions to the 1971 musical film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory . The author of the original book , Roald Dahl , is credited as sole screenwriter; however it has been revealed that Seltzer rewrote 30 per cent of Dahl's script, adding such elements as the "Slugworth subplot", music other than the original Oompa Loompa compositions (including Pure Imagination and The Candy Man ), and the ending dialogue for the film.[4]
Seltzer's writing credits include the screenplays for The Omen , Prophecy , Six Weeks , My Giant , Dragonfly and Bird on a Wire , starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn . He wrote and directed Lucas (1986), Punchline (1988), Shining Through (1992), and Nobody's Baby (2001).
Seltzer was reported to be writing an "Untitled Earthquake Project" for Hollywood director and producer J. J. Abrams , the plot of which is closely guarded, though it has been confirmed that the film is not a remake of 1974's disaster film Earthquake .[5] Seltzer is also reportedly working on a UK remake of Alfred Hitchcock 's Strangers on a Train , from the novel by Patricia Highsmith .[6]
Filmography
Film
TV movies
References
^ The New York Times: "The Omen (1976) - The Screen: 'Omen' Is Nobody's Baby" by RICHARD EDER June 26, 1976
^ Goodman, Walter (March 28, 1986). "FILM: 'LUCAS,' TEEN-AGE ROMANCE" . The New York Times .
^ Erens, Patricia (August 1988). The Jew in American Cinema . Indiana University Press . p. 392 . ISBN 978-0-253-20493-6 .
^ Pure Imagination: The Story of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" . Two Dog Productions Inc. 2001.
^ Kit, Borys (December 8, 2008). "J. J. Abrams in for Earthquake Film" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved April 5, 2010 .
^ Knowles, Harry (February 20, 2002). "Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train " . Ain't It Cool News . Retrieved April 5, 2010 .
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Awards for David Seltzer
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender (2010)
Dennis Dugan – Jack and Jill and Just Go with It (2011)
Bill Condon – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
Elizabeth Banks , Steven Brill , Steve Carr , Rusty Cundieff , James Duffy, Griffin Dunne , Peter Farrelly , Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn , Bob Odenkirk , Brett Ratner , and Jonathan van Tulleken – Movie 43 (2013)
Michael Bay – Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Josh Trank – Fantastic Four (2015)
Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley – Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016)
Tony Leondis – The Emoji Movie (2017)
Etan Cohen – Holmes & Watson (2018)
Tom Hooper – Cats (2019)
2020s
Michael Crichton (1996)
Richard Alfieri and Susan Nanus (1997)
Robert Inman (1998)
Nina Shengold (1999)
Jerry Ludwig (2000)
Phil Alden Robinson and Stanley Weiser / Tina Andrews (2001)
Loring Mandel (2002)
Hugh Whitemore and Larry Ramin (2003)
Larry Gelbart (2004)
Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell (2005)
Margaret Nagle (2006)
Nevin Schreiner (2007)
Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel (2008)
Danny Strong (2009)
Michael Cristofer (2010)
Peter Morgan (2011)
David Seltzer (2012)
Bill Kerby , Ted Mann and Ronald Parker (2013)
No Award (2014)
Melissa Carter (2015)
Seth Fisher , Walon Green , Chip Johannessen and Eric Overmyer (2016)
Susannah Grant (2017)
Barbara Stepansky (2018)
Marc Bernardin , Scott Brown, Lila Byock, Mark Lafferty, Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason , Gina Welch and Vinnie Wilhelm (2019)
Craig Mazin (2020)
Tanya Barfield , Joshua Griffith, Sharon Hoffman, Boo Killebrew, Micah Schraft, April Shih and Dahvi Waller (2021)
Brad Ingelsby (2022)
International National People Other